Police, school administrators work together for safety

Green Township Police Chief Bart West with La Salle High School Principal Tom Luebbe at the school safety seminar.

More than 60 school administrators and officials from four local police departments gathered in June to learn from each other on the topic of school safety.

This event was hosted by Diamond Oaks and included school administrators from Great Oaks, Oak Hills, Southwest Local Schools, North College Hill, Northwest and parochial schools from Green and Delhi townships. The police departments represented were from Green Township, Delhi Township, Sharonville, and North College Hill. Chief of Police Bart West from Green Township and Nancy Mulvey, dean of Instruction at Diamond Oaks coordinated this workshop.

West started the workshop with recent information on school shootings and what schools can do to prepare themselves for this type of situation. Delhi Police Chief Jim Howarth assisted with this presentation. Next, Tom Luebbe, principal of La Salle High School shared information from the recent suicide attempt that occurred at La Salle this year. West and Luebbe discussed the many things they did well along with lesson learned from this experience.

"Learning from others who have been through tragic incidents is paramount," said Howarth.

The final part of the workshop included Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate (ALICE) training information from Delhi School Resource Officer William Murphy.

"This workshop was a great opportunity for all to learn from each other and to share information so we can ensure the safety of our schools," Mulvey said.

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Police, school administrators work together for safety

More than 60 school administrators and officials from four local police departments gathered in June to learn from each other on the topic of school safety.